Gastric retention in diabetes mellitus. Endoscopic view of food retention in the stomach as a result of gastroparesis in a patient with diabetes mellitus. Gastroparesis (delayed gastric emptying) is a paresis (partial paralysis) of the stomach that results in food remaining in the stomach for an abnormally long time. It can be caused by autonomic neuropathy (damage to the non-voluntary, non-sensory nervous system) in diabetics. | |
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